The main rivalry is still between Vice-President Joice Mujuru – and her husband Solomon Mujuru – and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangangwa (AC Vol 50 No 24)...
Yet when it was pointed out that PF-ZAPU was not a regional party Joice and Solomon Mujuru mischievously persuaded retired General Ambrose Mutinhiri a member of parliament from Mashonaland East to toss his hat in the ring...
ZANU-PF provincial leaders - Shamuyarira Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo and Media Minister Webster Shamu - are not yet openly aligning with kingmaker Solomon Mujuru and backing his wife Joice Mujuru for the presidency but are keen to block Mnangagwa and keep options open until the party congress in December...
President Robert Mugabe regards him as dependable and studiously neutral in the factional fighting between supporters of the former Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief General (retired) Solomon Mujuru and current Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa...
Since the power-sharing government began work in February the Politburo of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has leaked like a sieve with graphic details of the rows between former army chief Solomon Mujuru and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to succeed Robert Mugabe as First Secretary of ZANU-PF and then as presidential candidate...
Molai is married to the daughter of Mugabe's late brother Rwodzi is a business associate of retired General Solomon Mujuru husband of Vice-President Joyce Mujuru and Ray Kaukonde a former Governor of Mashonaland East...
Solomon Mujuru's consortium includes a former ZANU-PF member of parliament Tirivanhu Mudariki and holds a minority stake in the River Ranch diamond firm...
Joyce Mujuru and her husband General (retired) Solomon Mujuru have a stake in the River Ranch diamond company which has in the past been investigated on suspicion of breaching the Kimberley Process the 45-government body that certifies the sources of traded diamonds...
Solomon Mujuru which is barely represented in the inclusive government...
Saviour Kasukuwere (Youth Development) and Nicholas Goche (Transport) were allies of Solomon Mujuru but broke ranks to back Mugabe...
He has outmanoeuvred his opponent the former army commander General Solomon Mujuru the Vice-President's husband; one observer said Mujuru has been wiped off the political scene by his diamond dealings...
